Thursday, 21 November 2013

Nike Training Club
How it works: Choose your fitness level and goal and then let
Nike Training Club suggests from over 100 workouts to get you on the fast track
to fit - without the costly personal training sessions.

How it works: MyFitnessPal is one of the prime names in
the health app store. With a catalogue of more two million food items, the app
makes it simple for users to be in track of calories and much more.

That list can be used with all diets, whether you are going
low-carb, high-protein, or just demanding to eat healthier.

How it works: This app is once again about setting goals
and getting over hurdles. Whether you want to drop a few pounds, learn a new
language, travel the world, or start saving more each month, the gradually
little by little tips and encouragement from other users will help instigate
you to accomplish your individual 'summit.' Use the app to set reminders, put
in order smaller mini-goals, and connect with other people on the same lane.

Also take photos, share comments on Facebook and Twitter, and
network with other Everest users - even if your journey is a private one, the
app makes it easy to get hold from friends and other goal-setters.

Availability: Free for iOS.

Epicurious

How it works: It helps you to search through more than
30,000 professionally-created recipes, save your favorites recipes, and create
shopping lists require with this essential kitchen app.

On top of the basic recipes and shopping lists, the app
offers bit by bit directions to help even trainee cooks navigate more
complicated recipes.

Availability: Free for iOS and Android.

Zipongo

How it works: Zipongo is all about eating healthier. The
app recommends concessions for healthy items, encloses a meal planning program,
and a healthy reward system backed by employers and insurance companies that
incentivizes better choices.

Now healthy food will not remain costly and complicated.
Zipongo helps lower the cost and offer planning for healthier meals and
improved grocery lists. The rewards system helps circle in employers.

Availability: Free for iOS and coming soon for Android.

Lumosity Brain Trainer or Brain Trainer Special

How it works: Both apps consist of exercises that aim to
help with memory, attention and processing speed. The platform promises to
improve memory, attention span, processing speed and mental flexibility, with
personalized brain challenges designed to help with practical problems.

How it works: This app has lots of educational stuff
loaded in it. Khan Academy features hundreds of video classes on each subject
with a blink of eye, easy quality and supportive visual aids. It also helps
teachers for the academic in their class room.

Friday, 28 December 2012

Whether it is improving
health or managing finances better, most of us with sheer determination will
make resolutions faor 2013 and there are plenty of apps to help them achieve
their goals.

Nearly half of New Year's resolutions
are about setting health-related goals, which is the most popular category,
according to a recent survey by online broker TD Ameritrade.

Rather than jumping into a rigorous
fitness routine, a new app called 5K Runner suggests it might be better to ease
into things slowly and focus on building sustainable habits. The iPhone app
helps couch potatoes ramp up their running distance to 5 km over the course of
eight weeks.

"You're slowly building this routine into your daily
life with a lot of success and after eight weeks you're literally running 5K,
which is pretty big if (initially) you're not running at all," said
David-Michel Davies, the executive director of T he Webby Awards, an annual
ceremony honoring Internet companies.

The app guides runners through each
run, alternating periods of running and walking for 35 minutes.

Davies
also recommends Nike+ Running and RunKeeper, two popular and free fitness apps,
which use GPS to track distance traveled, speed and calories burned. Both apps
are available for iOS and Android devices.

Diet is another
component of good health and a focus of many apps. Fooducate is an iPhone and
Android app that helps shoppers make healthier purchases at the supermarket by
allowing them to scan the barcodes of products and get insight into how healthy
the product is.

Their database,
which contains over 200,000 products, displays a grade for the product and
information on its contents. It can show whether there are hidden additives or
the probability of containing genetically modified ingredients.

"There are
a lot of healthy people out there who unknowingly buy products that have an
inordinate amount of salt in them," Davies said.

DietBet is an
app for people with a competitive streak. Available for iPhone and on the Web,
it allows its users to join in a four-week weight loss challenge to lose 4
percent of weight. Everyone bets money, which goes into a fund, and submits
proof of weight lost. People who meet the challenge split the money.

"It comes
back again to how people get motivated," Davies said. "Gamification
is something that technology has really enabled and for some people it really
works."

Wednesday, 22 August 2012

The usage of smart phones, tablets are not necessarly seen
as a communication tool ,rather it serves as a healthcare tool in broader
perspective.

The market for mobile apps are growing with a greater pace.
The market for health apps is estimated apprx $400 million by the year 2016. Out of hundreds of apps developed across globe,
health apps are contributing of 40 %. The trend in mobile apps seems a trend
changer in the public health domain.

These apps are of greater
ease and adaptablity to learn quickly. As apps delivered are simple and
inexpensive (max $1 or $2 per apps) this caused more users to experience it.

Thanks to tech experts who are constantly driving to provide
more better and sophisticated apps for us. Very cheap and affordable

A recent suvey from shows
that ,17% of cell phone owners do most of their online browsing on
their phone, rather than a computer or other device.

BEST HEALTH APPS :

Daily burn :

Keep track of calories consumed and track workouts to see how much energy is burned. The app is backed by the online fitness community DailyBurn Tracker.

Calorific :

Gies you a food library to record your calories,and assigns foods a red, yellow, or green light depending on whether they’re likely to help or harm your health.

Everyday Health :

Keep a track of calories and helps you to access expert advice and manage medical conditions.

iTriage :

With usage of yours current geographic location, it helps to track closest healthcare options on event of any troubling health symptoms.

Glocuse Buddy:

One of most prominent and globally used diabetes management apps. It helps to store your health statistics for usage of diabetics treatment.

Need of the hour:

With thousands ofhealth apps floating across the globe. It’s a
tiresome task for health professionals and consumers to identify the genuine
apps with high security standardsand
privacy. Happtique, a mobile health app store has come up with a best program
which address the need of the hour of health apps,called –“Happtique’s app
certification program.

The purpose of the program is to
help users identify apps that meet high operability, privacy, and security
standards and are based on reliable content. The draft standards are the
product of several months of deliberations by a Blue Ribbon Panel—consisting of
a physician, nurse, biotechnology scientist, and patient advocate—that was
formed by Happtique to oversee the development of the certification program’s
standards and operating procedures.

The purpose of the program is to
help users identify apps that meet high operability, privacy, and security
standards and are based on reliable content.

The draft standards are the
product of several months of deliberations by a Blue Ribbon Panel—consisting of
a physician, nurse, biotechnology scientist, and patient advocate—that was
formed by Happtique to oversee the development of the certification program’s
standards and operating procedures.

Mobile apps offers a huge market which are yet
to be tapped. Greater advantage to the health care professionals who have a technology passion can take a chance in making more better healthy apps for humankind.

Further, golden opportunity for
entrepreneurs who want have larger pie in the health apps